Earth by Day, Earth by Night Globe Review and Giveaway

Space In Your Case is all about family travel. We pick out the aspects of our trips that we think will appeal most to kids, and we tell you what to expect from the places we visit when you go there as a family. Sometimes though, something irresistible comes along that is only for the younger members of the family, and when we were sent this globe, we knew we had to pass it on to you. Here’s what Helen’s family thought of the night light that switches children on to the countries of the world.

A globe to inspire a love of travel

The Earth by Day Earth by Night globe, from Brainstorm Ltd, looks like a standard globe, and in itself would be a useful addition to any family interested in seeing the world. But switch it on in the dark, and it becomes a whole new experience.

Seeing how the world looks at night, from a distance, is fascinating, and even the adults were engrossed with finding cities, coastlines, and islands in the middle of vast oceans of darkness. My daughter chose to sleep with Europe facing her, because of the abundance of coloured light she could see; but not before the whole family had marvelled at the size of undeveloped Africa. It sparked further conversations that lasted into the next day, when we delved into our Lonely Planet Kids Travel Book, to answer the questions about which countries had the least light, and why. One tiny light in the middle of the Pacific Ocean revealed itself as belonging to the Marshall Islands, of Bikini Atoll fame, and we giggled about how the Atoll was named.

We noticed too, that vast swathes of China had no light, and talked about how the country’s massive population is concentrated in a comparatively small section of it. Next, we got to talking about America, lit like a pinball machine until you get just over the border of Canada. It really makes you think, even as adults, about the things which of course you know, but don’t often dwell on. And it totally opened the children’s eyes to further discussions on what they know about the countries they’ve seen, and have yet to visit.

I have a feeling that this globe might inspire some exciting additions to our family travel bucket list!

We have one Earth by Day Earth by Night globe to give away to one lucky Space In Your Case reader. Simply complete the options in the form below, for a chance to win. We think it would make a fabulous Christmas present for travel loving kids!

1. Entry is open to UK residents only, excluding anyone professionally associated with Space In Your Case or the promoter.

2. One winner will win an Earth by Day Earth by Night globe worth £27.99. The prize is non-transferable, non-refundable and there is no cash alternative.

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I try to inspire my child to go to Chile – this is the best place in the world to view the universe with little light pollution. There’s nothing more awe inspiring than the view of the Milky Way and thousands of stars .

I definitely want my children to travel more than I have, I would love them to go to Morocco as that is where I went for my honeymoon and visiting such an exciting place made me want to travel and explore more.

There are so many places I would love for him to get the chance to visit – Machu Picchu (Peru), the Galapagos Islands, The Great Wall of China, Iceland (so he can see the Northern Lights in all their glory), The Great Barrier Reef (Australia) – and many, many more! I hope he gets to travel as much as he can and explores all the beauty the Earth has to offer (and see many of our man made treasures along the way too).

I’d like to inspire both of my children to travel to wherever they would like, even if it would just be to travel and explore their own beautiful country. My eldest would love to spend some time in Japan.

My youngest has already decided she’s going to visit Japan when she’s older. I’d be happy wherever she wanted to visit as long as I knew she was going to a relatively safe place. In the meantime I encourage her to learn as much as she can about the culture and history of where she wants to go.

I home educate my four kids, and we love to travel, and being home educated means we can go anywhere and everywhere! We took a train down to Devon last week and the kids had a great time, but if we could go anywhere, we would love to go to Vanuatu! My husband worked there for a while and he says its the most beautiful place. x

We’ve been lucky enough to travel to some amazing places over the last few years. The place I’d love to take my children to would be Thailand, which is where we went on honeymoon. It’s a beautiful country and the different areas vary greatly. They’d be able to experience delicious food, amazing scenery, beautiful weather and some lovely people as well as seeing the sights and experiencing the different culture.

I would like to inspire my child to travel to the farthest corners of the world, to experience the sights,the sounds, the smells, the culture and the people, hopefully to return a better and more tolerant person

I would love for my children to travel anywhere that is less fortunate than us, I would like them to grow up, appreciating life, friends and family, appreciate everything that we have. Life isn’t just about what material we have, and who has better things. Everyone would do well to know that.